Dance

Hofesh Shechter's Untitled

Choreography, music and direction by Hofesh Shechter

Emerging Dancer 2020

Grand Finale

Choreography & music Hofesh Shechter

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet

Matthew Bourne, music by Sergei Prokofiev

Cinderella

David Bintley, Music by Sergei Prokofiev

Are You Numb Yet?

Anthony and Kel Matsena

Jekyll and Hyde

Drew McOnie

Strasbourg 1518

Jonathan Glazer

Standby / She Remembers

Choreography Paul Lightfoot, Sol Léon

English National Ballet School’s Virtual Summer Performance

Choreography Annabella Lopez Ochoa, Didy Veldman, Andrew McNicol

Carousel

Music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, based on t...

Drowntown Lockdown

Rhiannon Faith Company

World Ballet School Day & A Screen Apart

Choreography Didy Veldman and others

Dancing at Dusk — A moment with Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring

Choreography by Pina Bausch, music by Igor Stravinsky

Shechter's new short film Untitled online

24 September 2020

Hofesh Shechter Company has created a new short ten-minute film, Untitled, performed by Rachel Fallon.

Royal Opera House Pocket Photobook

22 September 2020

A compact photo guide to the Royal Opera House, home to The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, is on sale now.

Royal Ballet premières Doncaster Dances

19 September 2020

This summer The Royal Ballet, in partnership with Cast and Doncaster Council, set themselves a mission to get Doncaster Dancing, resulting in a community dance film called Doncaster Dances.

Students and staff return to Elmhurst

19 September 2020

After five months of lockdown, students and staff are to return to Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham.

ENB names production studio after donor

19 September 2020

English National Ballet has named the main studio in its new home at London City Island the Holloway Production Studio in recognition of a substantial donation from Charles Holloway.

Arthur Pita's Mother film release

19 September 2020

The Mother, a short film featuring moments from Arthur Pita’s ballet of the same name starring Natalia Osipova and Jonathan Goddard will be released online.

Let's Dance International Frontiers live and online

18 September 2020

Serendipity is to present a live online preview of the Leicester-based Let's Dance International Frontiers festival for 2021 in October 2020.

Digital dance from Lawrence Batley

17 September 2020

Locked down. Locked in. But living is a digital triple bill of three site specific dance productions from the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield.

Nominations for One Dance UK Awards 2020

11 September 2020

The One Dance UK Awards are back for their third year, shining a spotlight on those who have positively impacted the dance sector over the past twelve months.

Eagling's Marie Rambert-inspired Remembrance film gets online première

11 September 2020

New English Ballet Theatre’s filmed production of Wayne Eagling’s Marie Rambert-inspired Remembrance will première on YouTube.

Choreographic challenge from NYB

11 September 2020

A new choreographic challenge for autumn from National Youth Ballet invites young dancers to explore how it feels to re-emerge and engage with the world around them as lockdown eases.

Rambert to perform live from Southbank studios

11 September 2020

Rambert's new première from Wim Vandekeybus, Draw From Within, will be streamed live from Rambert's studios in September.

Sadler’s Wells autumn programme digital and live

10 September 2020

In autumn, Sadler’s Wells will present a new digital season and the first live performances at the venue since lockdown.

Book collaboration between choreographer Alston and photographer Nash

10 September 2020

Alston Nash, a limited-edition book of photographs of Richard Alston Dance Company taken over 25 years by dance photographer Chris Nash, is on sale now.

ROH autumn and winter cinema broadcasts

10 September 2020

The Royal Opera House's autumn and winter 2020 cinema season will include four opera and ballet favourites broadcast to cinemas across the globe.

Royal Opera House opens its doors

4 September 2020

Royal Opera House is to reopen for the first time in six months as part of Open House London.

ENB launches new on-demand video platform

2 September 2020

English National Ballet is to launch its new ENB at Home video-on-demand platform with a digital season of short works for camera.

Durante is new Artistic Director of ENB School

1 September 2020

Viviana Durante will become Artistic Director of English National Ballet School for the 2020–21 academic year, following her appointment as Director of Dance in August 2019.

Catch Me at Greenwich + Docklands

28 August 2020

Catch Me is a dance-circus outdoor performance at Greenwich + Docklands International Festival presented by Upswing and directed by AD Vicki Amedume.

ROH online autumn opera and ballet concerts

28 August 2020

The Royal Opera House is to make two evenings of opera and ballet live from Covent Garden available to view online.

Elmhurst Ballet School invites late admissions

28 August 2020

Elmhurst Ballet School is inviting late applications for admission to its three-year programme working towards a Level 6 Diploma in Professional Dance.

Rosie Kay back on stage in Birmingham after 'retirement'

25 August 2020

Birmingham-based choreographer Rosie Kay is returning to the stage to perform the première of her new solo work as part of a triple bill, Absolute Solo II.

NYDC dancers back in Sadler’s Wells

25 August 2020

The National Youth Dance Company 2019/20 cohort and Guest Artistic Director Russell Maliphant will reunite at Sadler’s Wells to complete their year, culminating in a set of private COVID-secure 'sharings' for friends and family.

Poetry and movement film on Wales’s involvement in slave trade

24 August 2020

The next short poetry and movement film from National Dance Company Wales and Literature Wales, Plethu/Weave, focuses on Wales’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

Bourne's Red Shoes cinema release rescheduled

20 August 2020

The postponed cinema release of Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes has now been rescheduled for September 2020.

balletLORENT online

20 August 2020

Newcastle’s balletLORENT has announced three ways in which they are continuing to work during the pandemic.

New partnership between BRB and Birmingham REP

20 August 2020

A new partnership between Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham REP will be launched with four shows for live audiences in October.

Sadler’s Wells and Breakin’ Convention request Our Bodies Back

19 August 2020

Sadler’s Wells and Breakin’ Convention have released Our Bodies Back, a new dance film that speaks out against racism and honours the lives of black women.

Belgrade ascends with new talent development scheme

17 August 2020

A Coventry up-and-coming dance company will be the first to benefit from a new talent development scheme started by the city’s Belgrade Theatre.

Autumn & Christmas cancellations at Sadler's Wells

14 August 2020

The current period of closure has been extended until January 2021 at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Lilian Baylis Studio and Peacock Theatre.

Sadler’s Wells in consultation process with staff

13 August 2020

Sadler’s Wells has entered a consultation process with its staff on "proposed organisational change and efficiency measures" which could see 26% of its workforce made redundant.

The Solo Collective from Dance City

12 August 2020

Dance City’s post-graduate company The Collective is to première a digital dance performance.

Protein's Sun Inside plays virtual Edinburgh

11 August 2020

Protein Dance's The Sun Inside, a film created by Luca Silvestrini, Roswitha Chesher and Andy Pink, will be available as part of ZOO’s 2020 digital Edinburgh programme.

Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer at the Barbican

8 August 2020

This autumn, Barbican Art Gallery stages the first major exhibition on dancer and choreographer Michael Clark.

BRB departures and arrivals

8 August 2020

As Birmingham Royal Ballet begins its preparations for a return to performance, Director Carlos Acosta has announced list of joining and departing company members.

Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet on DVD

8 August 2020

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet will be released on DVD and Blu-ray following the release of download and streaming versions.

BRB Cinderella to be streamed online

31 July 2020

David Bintley's production of Cinderella will be broadcast in full on Birmingham Royal Ballet’s web site and Facebook page at the end of its Home from Home series.

Jeyasingh’s Contagion at Grange Festival

31 July 2020

Shobana Jeyasingh’s Contagion, created to commemorate the 1918 Spanish flu, will be available this summer on film in SJD Shorts and live at The Grange Festival.

Sadler's Wells cancels further performances

30 July 2020

Sadler's Wells and Peacock Theatres have extended their cancellation of performances across until 10 November 2020.

NDCWales & Literature Wales digital film collaboration

29 July 2020

Plethu/Weave will see NDCWales dancers partnered with Literature Wales commissioned poets on short solo film performances to première at the National Eisteddfod’s online digital festival.

Elmhurst Ballet School dance masterclasses

29 July 2020

Elmhurst Ballet School, the vocational school in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, will move its annual summer school online this August with its Back to Dance Masterclasses.

ENB at HOME: youth dance course

25 July 2020

This summer, English National Ballet will run a course of free online classes for young dancers aged 14–19 years.

Acosta appointed Governor of Royal Ballet School

19 July 2020

The Royal Ballet School has appointed dancer, choreographer and Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Carlos Acosta to its Board of Governors.

Monte-Carlo Ballet Company reopens

15 July 2020

Monte-Carlo Ballet will reopen in October 2020 with artistic director Jean-Christophe Maillot's Altro Canto and Vers un Pays Sage in October.

NDCWales shows Christopher Bruce’s Dream

14 July 2020

On the day that should have been the Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Olympics in Japan, National Dance Company Wales will be showing its 23-minute film of Dream, by Christopher Bruce CBE on Facebook and YouTube.

Ten UK ballet schools unite to delay September auditions

12 July 2020

In response to the current lockdown and its impact on dance training and auditions for dance schools, ten UK vocational ballet institutions have jointly agreed to put back the traditional audition start from the autumn to January 2021.

ENB Cinderella Games online première

12 July 2020

Cinderella Games, a film project inspired by Christopher Wheeldon’s production of Prokofiev's Cinderella for English National Ballet, is to be shown online

Gecko's Institute on BBC Four

10 July 2020

Gecko, BBC Arts, The Space and Illuminations have collaborated on an adaptation of theatre show Institute for BBC Four, broadcast as part of BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine.

Have a dance down the rugby club with NDCWales

10 July 2020

While rugby clubs and theatres in Wales remain closed, National Dance Company Wales will bring the rugby community together in a virtual online rugby club.

Swan Lake becomes a bathtub ballet

10 July 2020

Ballet dancers perform from their bathtubs all over the world in Swan Lake Bath Ballet film by Corey Baker, available on BBC iPlayer as part of BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine.

Manch UK: new virtual platform from South Asian dance community

10 July 2020

A new virtual platform, Manch UK, shares stories and short performances from the South Asian dance community from artists including Mavin Khoo, Aakash Odedra, Vidya Patel, Sonia Sabri and Subathra Subramaniam.

Rosie Kay in new solo work: Absolute Solo II.

9 July 2020

Award-winning choreographer Rosie Kay is returning to the stage after five years in her new solo work as part of a triple bill: Absolute Solo II, 21 years on from her first ever solo show Absolute Solo.

Lowry advanced dance training open for applications

7 July 2020

The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance has opened applications for the next year of its annual scheme starting September 2020, open to young people from the North West aged 11–16.

Three new Friday premières from Royal Opera House

6 July 2020

The Royal Opera House continues its #OurHouseToYourHouse programme with three new productions: Romeo and Juliet (The Royal Ballet, 2019), Faust (The Royal Opera, 2019) and The Sleeping Beauty (The Royal Ballet, 2020).

Barbican to stream Rhiannon Faith’s Drowntown Lockdown

6 July 2020

A film prologue to Rhiannon Faith's Drowntown, which was set to be on a UK tour now including a visit to the Barbican, will be screened online followed by the trailer for the stage show and a Q&A discussion.

Crookes makes Buxton debut with improvised tap

3 July 2020

Rebecca Crookes is to make her Buxton Fringe debut with Time to Tap, a tap performance with live music by Kyle Lamley.

ENB and Royal Ballet Schools in online World Ballet School Day

3 July 2020

English National Ballet School and The Royal Ballet School will take part in the inaugural World Ballet School Day, to be streamed online on Tuesday 7 July from 12 noon.

Rosemary Lee’s Common Dance available online

3 July 2020

A dance film of Rosemary Lee’s Common Dance, created for Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall in 2009, will be free to view until 22 July 2020.

Lynne and Land Foundation awards grants

3 July 2020

On the second anniversary of the death of choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, The Lynne and Land Foundation has announce that it will award grants to four arts organisations close to her heart.

Bintley to judge BRB lockdown Choreography Challenge

1 July 2020

Choreographer and former Artistic Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet Sir David Bintley will judge an online Choreography Challenge for students together with its creator, Brandon Lawrence.

Sylphide and Cinders for ENB at Home in July

27 June 2020

The final instalment of English National Ballet’s ENB at Home programme will feature La Sylphide and Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella.

SJD Shorts: Shobana Jeyasingh's works online

26 June 2020

Shobana Jeyasingh has worked with filmmakers Terry Braun and Gary Tanner on new short films for small screens based on raw footage of her original stage works, SJD Shorts.